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another great mystery from EM Kaplan, Josie is in San Francisco to check out a startup project for her "boss", We have food, comedy and a great who dunnit all mixed into one,

Keep up the good work! An enjoyable cozy mystery, enhanced by the Food Blogs at the beginning of each part,

Josie Tucker is a food blogger who also works as a sorta PI for her benefactor, Greta, When Greta asks Josie to check on a startup company that she has invested in, Josie is happy to do so, Especially since one of the partners in the company is her best friend's new boyfriend, Emphasis on the "boy"!.

Wonderful writing, great characters and enough twists in the story to keep the reader guessing, The story moves at a fast pace and has plenty of funny scenes along the way, If you enjoy the cozy mystery genre, you can't go wrong with this one,

The narrator, Sunny Lu, adds a lot to this book, Her voice is perfect for the book and makes the listening very enjoyable, Chinatown mishaps

I love this series, It's awesome and always makes me hungry lol,

We find Josie agreeing to yet another favor for the woman who's boys in the last book almost killed her oh no! I don't care who's involved there is no way I would.
I say the company she invested in sounds like a bunch of bologna, so James's partner has been missing for awhile and when Josie calls the detective she finds out he was found dead.
Side note if I was Josie's friend I would tell James to take a hike, Josie likes Chinese.

Josie just wants to help her friend, So she flies to San Francisco to size up a new boyfriend of her friend, Then it gets crazy! Actually the second book in her Josie Tucker series, Kaplans sequel can be read without spoiling the first outing of her “snarky” but likeable character in, “The Bride Wore Dead” which this reviewer fully intends to read.


Designed by Kaplan herself, the attractive cover could easily find a home on the front of any theater district Playbill in New York,

Sounding more like a delectable culinary play set in five Acts The Recipe, The Ingredients, The Proof, The Heat, and The Plate, the online foodcriticturnedamateursleuth, Josie Tucker, opens each Act part with a snippet from her online column, “Will Blog for Food.
” But what makes them crucial is the subtle meaning infused within Josies “blog” that directly correlates with the theme of each Act and its constituent scenes chapters,

The comedic, original use of popculture analogies and inventive, metaphorfilled prose adds dimension to Josies serious investigation into the disappearance of Ivan Sorokin, Kaplans disarmingly playful approach is almost like an aside to the audienceinjecting supplemental commentary that perfectly dovetails into the story, Kaplans sense of humor shines brilliantly so much so, the reader will actually catch themselves laughing out loud I certainly did,

The authors deft use of plot devices, colorful characters from all walks of life, and detailed locales that cover the San Francisco Bay area, Boston, and western Massachusetts, creates a plausible sense of reality.


One Godfatherstyled character in particular, Greta Williams, seems to have her hands in more pies than Josie Tuckers ability to review in her food blog, While her appearance is occasional, she is a pivotal character with questionable influence that apparently spans the country from Beacon Hill to the San Francisco Police Department,

Kaplans quirky title and spirited writing strikes just the right balance of mystery, suspense, and humor and belies the marked dedication of a truly gifted and seasoned author at the apex of her craft.

loved it! can't wait for the next one, Josue Tucker, food critic turned pseudo PI, finds herself in California investigating the disappearance of a software entrepreneur, Working with a couple of cops, she continues her work for the elusive and tough Greta Williams and gets to sample some amazing dim sum along the way.
Funny, good plot, and some fun characters, I liked the first book in the Josie Tucker series, The Bride Wore Dead, so I thought I would give the sequel a try although it's not necessary to read the first book to enjoy this one.
I'm a sucker for crime and mystery stories and EM Kaplan has created a sleuth who is fun to follow, As a food blogger who has a taste for adventure, Josie Tucker is a competent investigator, She has good instincts and she's just acerbic enough to get under the skin of the people she's investigating, These kind of

series can be tough to write because they demand a familiarity for readers of the series, something new and fresh with every outing and the opportunity for new readers to join up.
Dim Sum, Dead Some hits all the right notes,

We follow Josie out west, to San Francisco, where she is investigating an investment for Greta Williams who is awesome in her own granite way, From there we're introduced to the city and region, a well formed cast of characters and a murder, The premise is well established and the polished dialogue kicks along, I enjoy these books as much as Craig Johnson's Longmire series, I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review,

Took me a while to get into this book, A first the main character seemed a bit whiney in the beginning, but then it started getting better, The main charector, Josie, is a food blogger who ends up with food allergies, Once I was able to get passed the firstor so pages the book was better, Unfortunately I was able to figure out who was the bad guy but there were a few surprising twists, Not sure I would read other books in this series, This is the second book of EM Kaplans Josie Tucker book series and I have to say that is the stronger of the two novels,
Unlike the first book this seems to be a better structured mystery novel with actual clues and better planning,
My only real issue with the book was during the big reveal but I could see where the author was going with the ending,
This is only my second mystery novel so I am unsure if the pacing and tone is correct, but I found it mostly enjoyable, This is a great, funny, fastpaced read, I love the MC and her obsession with food while solving murders in kickass style! I really enjoyed this book! Filled with mystery, humor, and tasty food descriptions this book has it all! When Josie Tucker is sent to Northern California to look into some shady investment for her best friend boyfriend things get deadly! With her less then perfect attitude and remarks she is a pistol when it comes to tracking down the suspects.
With the help of the police, some strippers, her boyfriend, and the mysterious Greta these friends are definitely the backup I would want with me! I highly recommend this book and I can't wait to read the next book in this series! Very clever.
Hilarious and suspenseful. This is the first EM Kaplan book I've read and I'm hooked, Josie Tucker is a likeable character who is fun to cheer for, She gets herself into all kinds of trouble and keeps you guessing about what she'll do next, A foodie gets out of her depth, investigating for a wealthy woman, She gets into all kinds of strife mainly because she is impulsive, This impulsiveness has got her in hot water previously and is now affecting her current love interest, but she just can't stop jumping in and then agonizing over it.
Great read, fast paced with constant twists, Josie Tucker, EM Kaplan's diminutive and delightful foodcriticwithabadstomach heroine, is in San Francisco trying to find out if Bostonian Greta Williams is investing wisely now that she's pouring money into a startup, hightech company.

That's more than a little challenging for Josie, who knows next to nothing about computers and even has a hard time understanding all the functions her cell phone is capable of, but she's agreed to do a little discreet snooping for two reasons.

First: Greta, a blueblooded if apparently coldhearted woman, is footing the bill and they have an "arrangement, "
Second: Josie's BFF Susan is also going to the City by the Bay to meet with her online boyfriend, James Yu,
Things go wrong almost from the time the two women land in San Francisco, They discover, for example, that James lives in a tiny apartment accessible by a nonetoosafe, seemingly makeshift and very wobbly fire escape that gives Josie the willies every time she uses it.
On top of that he turns out to be a selfinvolved nerd with no taste whatsoever when it comes to interior decoration and, lastly, his business partner who is supposed to meet them for breakfast has gone AWOL.

Oh, and while out wandering around Josie and her notsostable stomach somehow find themselves facetoface with the famous Ghirardelli icecreamandchocolate shop, which is not a good place to be for someone with weak impulse control and what is probably lactose intolerance.

Kaplan's second installment in the Josie Tucker mystery series is every bit as much fun as her first book and is, I think, even stronger in terms of its plot and characters.
That is especially true when she's writing about Josie, who is naturally cranky, deeply in love with her longtime friend Drew, devoted to Susan and someone who clearly knows a helluva lot about food.
Kaplan has imbued her heroine with just enough snarkiness to make the stew that is Josie Tucker palatable without making her annoying and she takes the time to round out the secondary characters in 'Dim Sum, Dead Some' with skill.

She also gives the attention they deserve to the places Josie finds herself in: From an industrial strength dim sum restaurant to a burlesque club's surprisingly wellrun kitchen.

'Dim Sum, Dead Some' also gives readers a deeper look into Josie's past, develops her relationship with Drew more fully and contains some neat plot twists that add a little extra spice to the narrative.

Kaplan is a clever writer with a nicely balanced sense of humor and a good feel for the pace of a novel, 'Dim Sum, Dead Some' moves along quickly, but not too quickly: Reading her novel is akin to enjoying a good meal at a nice restaurant rather than being rushed into and out of a fastfood joint.
She gives you time to enjoy the narrative including her descriptions of San Francisco and the surrounding countryside without sending you into a foottapping or legjiggling frenzy while you're impatiently waiting for the next course,
'Dim Sum, Dead Some' is a thoroughly enjoyable mystery with an engaging heroine and it is a book that I enjoyed immensely.

I highly recommend it, Now that was one of the most entertaining reads I ever had Good read!

Good, fleshed out characters in a well written story, Lots of laughs, snark, mystery and food, Loved the twists near the end of the book, This is the second Josie Tucker book and I am finding the adventures of this quirky character to be quite enjoyable, This is certainly not a book to read when you are hungry though, unless you are about to eat anyway of course, The main character happens to be a food critic when she is not solving mysteries and thus food gets mentioned a lot, I think I saw more food references in this book than I have seen in a typical George R, R. Martin Song of Ice and Fire book,

If you enjoy a mystery, I most definitely recommend this book and this series, at least as far as I've read it, As of this review I have not yet read the third book so cannot recommend it yet, Dim Sum Delicious!
EM Kaplan does it again by crafting another wonderful mystery! When prickly Josie Tucker is sent to Northern California to investigate a business investment involving her BFFs boyfriend, the enterprise turns deadly.
Enlisting the help of everyone from police detectives to strippers, Josie relentlessly hammers away at the convoluted evidence until the murder mystery is solved, Josies snarky comments are as entertaining as in “The Bride Wore Dead”, and the food descriptions made my mouth water, I especially loved Josies culinary blog excerpts, The mysterious Greta stretches out her long arm of influence in Josies darkest hour, and Drew has become a boyfriend you cant help but love, I look forward to Tuckers next sleuthing adventure!,